1The following definitions apply in this Act.
“classification centre” means an institution established under section 16 for the study and diagnosis of persons under sentence to determine the type of institution and type of treatment most suitable to effect the rehabilitation of those persons. (centre de classement)
“correctional institution” includes every reformatory, jail, lock-up, and other place approved by the Minister for the study, confinement and correction of persons committed to it. (établissement de correction)
“Director of Correctional Services” means the officer appointed under section 6. (directeur des services correctionnels)
“inmate” means a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment in or detained in a correctional institution. (détenu)
“judge” includes a judge of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick or of the Provincial Court. (juge)
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Safety and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf. (ministre)
“offence” includes the breach or contravention of any Act of the Parliament of Canada or of the Legislature or of any regulation or by-law of a local government, when the breach or contravention may result in prosecution. (infraction)
“offender” includes an inmate, parolee, probationer or person subject to conditional sentence. (délinquant)
“probation officer” means a probation officer appointed for the purposes of this Act. (agent de probation)
“superintendent” means the person in charge of a correctional institution and includes any person designated to act on the superintendent’s behalf. (directeur)
R.S.1973, c.C-26, s.1; 1979, c.41, s.28; 1983, c.21, s.1; 1987, c.P-22.2, s.32; 1988, c.11, s.16; 1999, c.5, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.79; 2005, c.7, s.18; 2016, c.37, s.38; 2017, c.20, s.45; 2019, c.2, s.29; 2020, c.25, s.33; 2022, c.28, s.9; 2023, c.17, s.46